A good knight

by Karsten Müller
4/8/2025 – In a fight bishop against knight, the knight usually wants to keep things under control while bishops like dynamics. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What would you do?
Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.Be3 d6 8.a4 0-0 9.h3 h6 10.b4 cxb4 11.cxb4 a6 12.Bxc6 Nxc6 13.Na3 Be6 14.Nc4 b5 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.a5 f5 17.Qc1 Qe8 18.Bxh6 fxe4 19.Bxg7 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Kxg7 21.Qe3 exf3 22.Rfc1 Nd4 23.Rc7+ Bf7 24.Kh2 Qe6 25.Rg1 Rh8 26.Rg3 Nf5 27.Qxf3 Nxg3 28.Qxg3 Qf5 29.Nd5 Rh5 30.Ne3 Qf4 31.Qxf4 exf4 32.Ng2 g5 33.Ra7 Rh8 34.f3 Kf6 35.Rxa6 Bd5 36.Rxd6+ Ke5 37.Rg6 Kf5 38.Rb6 Bxf3 39.Rxb5+ Kf6 40.h4 Ba8 41.Kg1 gxh4 42.Nxf4 Rc8 43.Kf2 Rh8 44.a6 h3 A good knight In a fight bishop against knight, the knight usually wants to keep things under control while bishops like dynamics. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What would you do?
White to move and win
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Topics: ChessBase Magazine, Endgame, Karsten Mueller
Karsten Müller is considered to be one of the greatest endgame experts in the world. His books on the endgame - among them "Fundamentals of Chess Endings", co-authored with Frank Lamprecht, that helped to improve Magnus Carlsen's endgame knowledge - and his endgame columns for the ChessCafe website and the ChessBase Magazine helped to establish and to confirm this reputation. Karsten's Fritztrainer DVDs on the endgame are bestsellers. The mathematician with a PhD lives in Hamburg, and for more than 25 years he has been scoring points for the Hamburger Schachklub (HSK) in the Bundesliga.
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